Judge says Nike vaccine mandate wasn't reasonable for remote worker

It’s a complicated case that may not set a broader precedent, in part because Nike did not show up to the hearing to make its case.

BEAVERTON, Ore. — A Nike employee who refused to document his COVID-19 vaccine status should have been eligible for unemployment benefits after the company fired him, an Oregon administrative law judge ruled this month.

The decision reverses the judgment of the Oregon Employment Department, which said Nike’s application of its vaccine mandate was “reasonable” even though the employee was working remotely without any possibility of exposing his colleagues to the virus.

It’s a complicated case that may not

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